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Jamie Sunderland

Founder

Founder/CEO at Coasts

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCoasts · YC

About

Jamie Sunderland previously founded Cheqout, a QR-based ordering platform that reached 250+ restaurants during the pandemic, and worked as a product engineer at Y Combinator building infrastructure before joining the program again as a founder. Prior to that, he was a developer on Airbnb's risk operations team.

Founder/CEO at CoastsYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Jamie went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Coasts's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jamie can intro founders to Coasts's investors below.

Coasts's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Coasts

DHDan Hyman
Dan HymanFounder/CTO

Experience

  1. coasts.devFounder/CEOcurrent2025 — present
  2. Y CombinatorSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. CheqoutFounder2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. AirbnbSoftware Engineer2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. ReflektiveSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. BlueStacksSoftware Engineer2015 — 2016Campbell, California
  7. VozzwareSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
  8. FreelanceFreelance Web Developer2013 — 2014
  9. NYC Office of the MayorData Science Intern2013New York, United States

Skills & more

Google App Engine5Android Development5Software Development5Elixir1Functional Programming1iOS Development1Web Applications1Mobile Devices1Front-end Development1Mobile Applications1Programming1JavaScript14
+10 morePythonJavaSQLAngularJSjQueryLinuxAndroidDjangoReact.jsRedux

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jamie Sunderland?
Jamie Sunderland previously founded Cheqout, a QR-based ordering platform that reached 250+ restaurants during the pandemic, and worked as a product engineer at Y Combinator building infrastructure before joining the program again as a founder. Prior to that, he was a developer on Airbnb's risk operations team.
Where does Jamie Sunderland work?
Jamie Sunderland is Founder/CEO of Coasts.
What companies did Jamie Sunderland found?
Jamie Sunderland founded Coasts.
Where did Jamie Sunderland go to school?
Jamie Sunderland studied at Y Combinator; Bard College (Bachelor's degree, Chemistry).

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Shared employers

Also worked at coasts.dev1

Dan HymanFounder/CTO at Coasts

Also worked at Y Combinator344

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